Chocolate Chip Gingerbread with Orange Hard Sauce

Name: Chocolate Chip Gingerbread with Orange Hard Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 79 milliliters butter, softened; 118 milliliters butter, melted; 177 milliliters buttermilk; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ginger; 118 milliliters molasses; 1 Tbsp orange juice; 1 teaspoon grated orange peel; 158 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 59 milliliters sugar

Chocolate Chip Gingerbread with Orange Hard Sauce might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 9. One serving contains 455 calories, 6g of protein, and 23g of fat. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. If you have ginger, eggs, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottom only of 8 or 9-inch square pan. Beat eggs in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Gradually add molasses and sugar, beating until well blended.

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Add buttermilk and melted butter; mix well.

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Buttermilk

Butter

Add all remaining gingerbread ingredients except chocolate chips; beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Chips

Pour into greased pan.

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Bake at 350F. until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. For 8-inch pan, bake 43 to 53 minutes; for 9-inch pan, bake 30 to 40 minutes. Cool 20 minutes.

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In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/3 cup butter; beat with electric mixer at low speed until smooth and creamy. Beat in orange peel and orange juice.

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